The Sand (2015)

Perfect cast and a good story

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

The reason I gave 6 stars was because this movie was truly not half bad. The acting was not horrible and the plot was suspenseful and retained my interest to the end. It's clearly a low budget movie but much better than most out there. If you are expecting perfection, then go watch a different movie. If you are looking for a random, suspenseful viewing, with some laughs, then I'd say this is worth your time.

Awakening the morning after a beach-party, a group of teens find that the sand around them contains a vicious, unseen creature that pulls them underneath the beach and tries to find a way of stopping the curious creature in order to get away alive.This here was an incredibly fun and enjoyable effort. One of the best parts to this one is the fact that there's such an enjoyably creepy air of menace here that works very well in the film's favor, as it really manages to get a lot out of the concept here. The fact that it goes forward with the reveal very early-on with the creature's appearance to them underneath the sand, and there's a lot right about this that comes off rather chilling and creepy with the way this works here. The early scenes of the remaining group getting attacked and pulled under takes that concept out into the open rather well, and there's a lot of nice work here throughout this which really puts that to fine work. It has numerous scenes of the group getting stuck in the sand and then getting pulled under by the fine tentacles poking up to attack them, and the main sequences that stand out are the first few encounters where they don't know it's there as this pops off plenty of great deaths that really let their quick-strike ability and ruthlessness in attacking them are great fun. As it later descends into a series of scenes where they try to escape their predicament that ends up failing and causing them to fall into the sand to get devoured, it does have some solid action scenes as they try a series of rather solid and surprisingly plausible escapes which really help this one along here. While there's plenty to like here, it does have a few rather stylish flaws where it's dragged down a lot more than it really should've. The film's biggest issue is the monster effects here, which is all done in CGI that looks absolutely atrocious and never once looks quite lively at all, rarely meshing with the action of the scene here as it's quite low-res during them. By doing the whole amount of creature effects and the gore effects here for the mangled bodies while they're being eaten alive by the creatures, it gives this such a low-rent feel that there's almost little to save it overall and holds this back somewhat. The other minor issue to be had here is the weak storyline here, as though it's a chilling concept it feels way too weak and gets started so quickly anyway that it comes off as being too thin and stretched out way too much as it is, where it could've either given them a longer build-up to get going or just trimmed down into a shorter time as it's got plenty of moments that could've been made into a briefer time. Otherwise this one wasn't all that bad.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Nudity and some excessive drinking.

I love to watch dead teenager movie, I dunno why but I think because its fun to watch. I never read any plot of the sand, I just watch it without nothing to expect and that's just my style. I love this movie! Its not really a good movie, its cliché but its still got the tension. This is a horror movie by the way so tension and suspense are really important here. I think I know why the rating is so low, its the same reason, people expecting too much and ended up frustrated. Its plot is not really idiot because its so hard to avoid the sand, so they also make us thinking so hard on how they can get out of this mess. They also make us care about some character and I'm sure some of us feel sad for some of the death. Then, this movie will be better if they got some more money for the cheap CGI. Only the CGI make this movie bad, other than that, the acting and everything is OK.

Take "The Sand" for what it is. And if you do that, it is a fun little flick.It is a B movie with minimal budget, minimal special effects, filmed in one location and with a cast of unknowns and still it has an interesting premise.I see it as a homage to the 50's man-in-a-rubber-suit monster film. And it works very well in this respect. The difference being that instead of a monsters something weird is crawling under the sand. It is a little bit longer that it should be, some of the characters are annoying, but still it is worth a rental